An overnight announcement of new funding to support general practices in precalling and recalling babies for immunisations is being welcomed as a step in the right direction by GP leaders
GP leaders are frustrated and “extraordinarily” disappointed at today’s decision to ignore advice that only general practices should deliver six-week infant vaccinations
Te Whatu Ora is projecting a slight fall in practice nurse numbers over the next decade despite forecasting 10 per cent growth in the overall nursing workforce
Te Whatu Ora is projecting a slight fall in practice nurse numbers over the next decade despite forecasting 10 per cent growth in the overall nursing workforce
Every hour a GP spends face-to-face with patients generates at least 30 minutes of clinical follow-up work, a ground-breaking GP diary study has confirmed
Short staffing at the new Te Whatu Ora health facility in Westport forced it to close its acute services for a weekend last month and is causing long waits for routine GP appointments
The news that the innovative Canterbury Clinical Network will end next month as funding comes to a halt is greeted with sadness by leading Christchurch specialist GP Les Toop
Every hour a GP spends face-to-face with patients generates at least 30 minutes of clinical follow-up work, a ground-breaking GP diary study by the RNZCGP has confirmed
A memorandum of understanding has been signed, kicking off a business case into a third medical school, but is it the answer to workforce shortages? Fiona Cassie reports